PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
How to get your kitchen AND laundry sink sparkling: The two-ingredient trick that gets rid of dirt, grease and paint - leaving homeowners amazed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6525499/The-two-ingredient-cleaning-trick-bring-household-sinks-life.html

UPS delivery driver cuts across homeowner's lawn
https://nypost.com/video/ups-delivery-driver-cuts-across-homeowners-lawn/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

The News in Zingers
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/hamilton.php3

At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama was Scrooge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/24/at-christmastime-george-w-bush-was-santa-obama-was/

HEALTH
One 20th of a mince pie, half a parsnip and a quarter glass of Champagne: What Christmas dinner looks like if you stick to the recommended daily calories
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6526521/One-20th-mince-pie-half-parsnip-Christmas-stick-recommended-calories.html

A fitness fanatic runs into an alarming ailment that was caught in the nick of time 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1218/fitness_fanatic.php3

HEALTH CARE
Fight a Denied Medicare Advantage Claim 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1218/medicare_claim_fight.php3

Elizabeth Warren's generic drugs plan: More placebo than cure 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1218/McArdle122418.php3

PARENTING
My students have become increasingly fixated on their letter grades. I don't plan to put pressure on my kids to get straight A's
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/kids_straights_As.php3

PROGRESSIVES RUNNING AMOK
Women's March leader Tamika Mallory: White Jews 'uphold white supremacy'
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/24/tamika-mallory-white-jews-uphold-white-supremacy/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=tACe4Zml1%2BMSIP0wmOypHkbRLFgXmEQOPwHFFjHfCTJqxV6MgxMKjX618X%2B%2F%2FMQi&bt_ts=1545685264983

HISTORY
How the Reformation Shaped Your World
https://www.prageru.com/videos/how-reformation-shaped-your-world

FINANCIAL
The US is on the edge of the economic precipice – Trump may push it over 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/23/us-economic-precipice-donald-trump-government-shutdown?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMjQ%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

Trump Finds Villain in Powell for Markets Hit by Myriad Problems
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-23/trump-s-two-year-stock-honeymoon-ends-with-hunt-for-a-betrayer?utm_campaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

Is Facebook developing its own digital currency? Report claims scandal-plagued tech giant is now creating a 'stablecoin' backed by the US dollar for WhatsApp
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6521037/Report-claims-Facebook-creating-stablecoin-backed-dollar.html

ENVIRONMENT
Rivers straightened by Victorians to 'improve the land' are now being given their natural curves back under a 10-year project aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6523087/Rivers-straightened-Victorians-improve-land-bent-back.html

SPACE
NASA puts return to moon in crosshairs with ambitious timetable
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/24/nasa-return-moon-gateway-space-station-2024/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=manual&utm_campaign=20180326&utm_term=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&bt_ee=H%2BOL1xqMqaY1FSJV8XKERun7sYOwcHY%2FLgqU4ULQHLKbH61XbUxgmR916xMLFBYF&bt_ts=1545691189081

NATIONAL SECURITY
Mick Mulvaney Says DHS Can’t ‘Spend Money From Mexico’ For Border Wall
http://tokyodailynews.com/mick-mulvaney-says-dhs-cant-spend-money-from-mexico-for-border-wall/

TSA Will No Longer Use Pointy-Eared Dogs At Airport Because They ‘Scare Children’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39640/tsa-will-no-longer-use-pointy-eared-dogs-airport-ashe-schow

DEFENSE
Trump, Angry Over Mattis’ Rebuke, Removes Him 2 Months Early (The back story ... )
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/trump-mattis.html



LAW AND ORDER
The Sacha Baron Cohen ‘Who Is America?’ bit that was too disturbing to air
https://nypost.com/2018/12/23/the-sacha-baron-cohen-who-is-america-bit-that-was-too-disturbing-to-air/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

CARAVANS
Caravan organizer Pueblo Sin Fronteras blasted by migrants for 'downplaying risks and misleading them about chance to enter US'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6525105/Activist-group-fire-migrant-caravan-border.html

IMMIGRATION
Jesus doesn't fit your political narrative
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/jesus-doesnt-fit-your-political-narrative

'The strain is too much': Venezuelan exodus has Brazil at breaking point 
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/dec/24/venezuelan-exodus-brazil-at-breaking-point?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMjQ%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

Hidden details block bipartisan accord on Trump border wall
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=684d40f8030355480b96b5a367ed509d_5c20f30a_5cd1fdb&selDate=20181224&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

SYRIA
Turkey masses troops in northern Syria (Bye bye, Kurds ...)
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=684d40f8030355480b96b5a367ed509d_5c20f30a_5cd1fdb&selDate=20181224&goTo=A08&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

JUDICIARY
Dems push for increased scrutiny of Trump’s court picks
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/422270-dems-push-for-increased-scrutiny-of-trumps-court-picks

TRUMPGATE
Supreme Court halts fines against mystery company possibly linked to Mueller investigation
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court-stays-sanctions-against-mystery-company-possibly-linked-to-mueller-investigation

POLITICS
Poll: Trump beats O'Rourke, nearly ties Sanders and loses to Biden in hypothetical 2020 matchups
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/422735-trump-beats-beto-nearly-ties-bernie-but-loses-to-biden-in?userid=288549

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

PLATT - MISC News

CHRISTMAS
The Angelic Message: Hang in There
https://townhall.com/columnists/billmurchison/2018/12/25/the-angelic-message-hang-in-there-n2538003?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/25/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Remembering a Farm Christmas 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/farm-christmas-old-and-young-blended-together/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202018-12-25&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

GENERAL INTEREST
The mystery and surprising history behind 'Jingle Bells'
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-mystery-and-surprising-history-behind-jingle-bells

Keillor:  Time passes except when it suddenly leaps backward
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/keillor122518.php3

The News in Zingers 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1218/hamilton.php3

HEALTH
Over 3,000 patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis
https://nypost.com/2018/12/25/over-3000-patients-possibly-exposed-to-hiv-hepatitis/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

Grief Can Actually Kill You, And Scientists Have Figured Out Why
https://www.sciencealert.com/grief-can-actually-kill-you-scientists-figured-out-why-depression-broken-heart-bereaved-death-inflammation

EDUCATION
Least-Educated State: California No. 1 in Percentage of Residents 25 and Older Who Never Finished 9th Grade; No. 50 in High School Graduates
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/least-educated-state-california-no-1-percentage-residents-25-and

MARKETS
Opinion: Here’s what worries Wall Street more than a recession 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-what-worries-wall-street-more-than-a-recession-2018-12-24

Opinion: This still looks like just a stock-market correction, not something worse
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-still-looks-like-just-a-stock-market-correction-not-something-worse-2018-12-26

NATIONAL SECURITY
In Venezuela, Russia pockets key energy assets in exchange for cash bailouts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-venezuela-russia-pockets-key-energy-assets-in-exchange-for-cash-bailouts/2018/12/20/da458db6-f403-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d6dab6021622

DEFENSE
After the shock of Mattis' resignation, some see a different narrative 
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/24/politics/mattis-resignation-narrative/index.html

Boeing's New F-15X: A Strike Eagle on Steroids? Here Is What We Know.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/boeings-new-f-15x-strike-eagle-steroids-here-what-we-know-27767

LAW AND ORDER
The FBI Manufactured '302s' before Mueller
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/the_fbi_manufactured_302s_before_mueller.html

IMMIGRATION
Second Guatemalan child dies in DHS custody after illegal border journey
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/25/second-guatemalan-child-dies-dhs-custody-after-ill/?bt_ee=txHuxDCRDxHAkxSre%2FhiLxLbQsybrdm03SbqT%2B4nF9XirTccsHv9XUhKgf5akTRO&bt_ts=1545766433065

POLITICS
GALLUP: This Is Why Trump's Approval Ratings Are Unprecedented and Stable
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/24/this-is-why-trumps-approval-ratings-are-unprecedented-and-stable-n2537984?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/25/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

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GENERAL INTEREST
The 12 Days of Christmas according to "Die Hard"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuJKVBfWfGs

HEALTH
Everything you think you know about calories is bunkum! Obesity expert Dr Giles Yeo reveals the six pain-free ways to cut down on your intake
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6522997/Obesity-expert-Dr-Giles-Yeo-reveals-six-pain-free-ways-cut-intake.html

_______ UNHINGED
Mother Harasses Service Animals After Being Told She Can't Pet Them
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mother-harasses-animals-being-told-192157465.html

'We're indigenous Moors and we are taking the land back': Squatter who moved into a stranger's half a million dollar home claiming he 'had a right' to the property is arrested and charged with criminal trespass
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6523951/Squatter-moved-500k-home-charged-criminal-trespass.html

Never Fat-Shame a Sea Otter. Never. 
http://www.newser.com/story/269002/aquarium-very-sorry-for-fat-shaming-sea-otter.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

ECONOMY
Partial government shutdown compounds risks for US economy
https://www.apnews.com/4e69bb7b84bc4fca82eb4178ec2ddfa4

ANTHROPOLOGY
Why Did Humans Lose Their Fur?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-humans-evolve-lose-fur-180970980/

MYRMECOLOGY
Ant Colonies Retain Memories That Outlast the Lifespans of Individuals
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ant-colonies-retain-memories-outlast-lifespans-individuals-180971022/

TECHNOLOGY
What are the Top 5 uses of Lidar? Why is Lidar so important?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zREAEdXzOcw

FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. Syria withdrawal 'betrays' legacy of volunteers who died fighting ISIS 
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-Syria-withdrawal-betrays-legacy-of-volunteers-who-died-fighting-ISIS-575169

NATIONAL SECURITY
Uh Oh: Funds Raised From The Border Wall GoFundMe Account May Have To Be Returned
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/22/uh-oh-funds-raised-from-the-border-wall-gofundme-account-may-have-to-be-returned-n2537980?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/23/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

BIG BROTHER
Elon Musk wants to put chips in our brains. I'd prefer to stay human 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/23/elon-musk-neuralink-chip-brain-implants-humanity

SOCIAL MEDIA
Want to delete Facebook? Read what happened to these people first
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/want-to-delete-facebook-read-what-happened-to-these-people-first-2018-07-27

Twitter needs to prove it’s 'committed to improving' the platform for women
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/422561-twitter-needs-to-prove-its-committed-to-improving-the-platform-for-women

TERRORISM
Taliban ecstatic that US is pulling troops from Afghanistan
https://nypost.com/2018/12/21/taliban-ecstatic-that-us-is-pulling-troops-from-afghanistan/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

IRAN
Iranian ships fire missiles near American Navy's USS John C. Stennis 
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iran-fired-missiles-near-the-USS-John-C-Stennis-no-casualties-reported-575055

POLITICS
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Congressional Salaries Should Be Furloughed During a Shutdown 
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/rolling_stone-alexandria_ocasiocortez_says_congressional_salarie-rpenskemc

NYT:  For Trump, ‘a War Every Day,’ Waged Increasingly Alone
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/us/politics/trump-two-years.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

WaPo:  ‘A rogue presidency’: The era of containing Trump is over
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-rogue-presidency-the-era-of-containing-trump-is-over/2018/12/22/26fc010e-055b-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9165d3ce306c

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

PLATT - MISC News

World Series Pitch - 17 Years Ago
https://www.youtube.com/embed/bxR1tZ08FcI?rel=0

One Moment in Time: The Winter Solstice Seen from Newgrange
http://americandigest.org/wp/one-moment-time-winter-solstice-seen-newgrange/

GENERAL INTEREST
Anti-Coyote Vests For Dogs Are More Punk Rock Than You’d Expect
https://designyoutrust.com/2018/12/anti-coyote-vests-for-dogs-are-more-punk-rock-than-youd-expect/

NASA engineer forced to admit his viral glitter bomb package was a FRAUD: Scientist, who won internet fame with exploding 'revenge' box targeting porch thieves reveals the footage was fake
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6522267/NASA-engineer-admits-thieves-reactions-epic-revenge-package-viral-video-FAKED.html

INSIGHT
The excitement and anticipation of the year to come --- and the wistful memories of years gone by
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/crosby122118.php3

A war memorial is in the form of a cross. Is that a problem?
http://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby122118.php3

NATURE
What is THAT? Alien sea creature's mass of tentacles baffles locals after washing up on an Australian beach
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6521601/Alien-sea-creatures-mass-tentacles-baffles-locals-washing-Australian-beach.html

TECHNOLOGY
Killer lasers, jammers and trackers: The cutting edge technology police and the army are using in the hunt for Gatwick's drone of misery... so why haven't they found it yet?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6517401/How-police-destroy-Gatwick-drone-misery.html

Jesus depicted smaller than a human cell: The nativity scene so tiny it can fit inside the eye of a needle and is only visible by microscope
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6520741/The-nativity-scene-tiny-fit-inside-eye-needle-visible-microscope.html



FOREIGN POLICY
US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump's Syria move
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-envoy-anti-coalition-quits-over-trumps-syria-160834367--politics.html

The congressional recessional 
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jonah122118.php3

NATIONAL SECURITY
How arrest of Chinese ‘princess’ exposes regime’s world domination plot
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/how-arrest-of-chinese-princess-exposes-regimes-world-domination-plot

Russian Hackers Aren’t the Only Ones to Worry About
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-09-18/russian-hackers-aren-t-the-only-ones-to-worry-about

Boom: Air Force Veteran's GoFundMe Campaign For Trump's Wall Surges Past $13 Million In Four Days
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/21/boom-air-force-veterans-gofundme-campaignfor-trumps-wall-surges-past-13-milli-n2537956?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=12/22/2018&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

DEFENSE
Russia declares it has successfully tested a hypersonic missile which covers TWO MILES a second days after Putin claimed there are 'no foreign equivalents' to his weapons
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6519373/Russia-declares-successfully-tested-hypersonic-missile.html

LAW AND ORDER
TSA planning major shift in air marshal operations
https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-tsa-planning-major-shift-air-marshal-operations/story?id=59974300

LAW AND THE COURTS
James Wolfe: The Liar No One Is Talking About
https://amgreatness.com/2018/12/20/james-wolfe-the-liar-no-one-is-talking-about/

 Roberts Sides With Liberal Justices, Strikes Down Trump's Asylum Policy
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39606/breaking-roberts-sides-liberal-justices-strikes-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=122218-news&utm_campaign=position5

MIDDLE EAST
Turkey's Erdogan claims he will eliminate all Kurdish fighters in Syria and told Trump he could wipe out ISIS without US help - but Kurd fighter say they will release jihadist prisoners in response to US troop pullout
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6520647/Turkeys-President-Erdogan-threatens-eliminate-Kurdish-fighters-ISIS-left-Syria.html

POLITICS
Inside the frantic negotiations that failed to avert a shutdown
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/21/government-shutdown-congress-trump-border-wall-negotiations-1074189?cid=apn

Beto O'Rourke is the new Obama. And that's the last thing we need
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/22/beto-orourke-voting-record-2020-election-democrats?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVUy0xODEyMjI%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&CMP=GTUS_email

-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)